[CASL-L] Author visit with poet Charles Waters

[Jenny Lussier]

Dear CASL friends -

As Sarah Lynch has also shared, Charles Waters will be visiting the 2
elementary schools in RSD13 on April 8 and 9.

He is very willing to visit other schools in CT during that week. His
website is https://www.charleswaterspoetry.com/school-visits

He has a new book coming out on Feb. 4 that is geared toward Middle and
High schools (maybe upper elementary).

It's called *Dictionary For A Better World: Poems, Quotes and Anecdotes
from A - Z*.

Here is the synopsis:
*Discover a dictionary unlike any other. Writing with equal parts courage
and empathy, acclaimed poets Irene Latham and Charles Waters have imagined
the world they want to see and written it into being. In fifty poems, they
work their way through the alphabet, employing a wide range of poetic forms
and highlighting words and concepts related to diversity, hope, peace, and
much more. In addition to the poems, for each word the authors provide a
related quotation, an anecdote about an experience they’ve had related to
that word, and a prompt for an action (small or large) readers can take in
their own lives.*
*With stunning artwork by Mehrdokht Amini, this ambitious collection
invites us all to do what we can to create a better world.*

Here is a link with more about the book including Charles performing the
opening poem!
https://www.teacherdance.org/2019/09/poetry-friday-defining-moment.html
Here's are new webisodes where he performs twenty-seven poems from the
book.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMwELqLRVaq41S0sfQ8nHOxPeBggi3u5f

Thanks all!
Jenny

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Jenny Lussier

Library Media Specialist

Brewster Elementary School

jlussier at rsd13.org

Visit us at: http://brewster.rsd13ct.org


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